About the film
Nekrasov is a film cameraman, educated and a little lost in the war. Karyakin, a sharp-eyed Red Army man, is assigned to look after him, and does not trust him one bit.
Their mission is aerial reconnaissance: fly over the White Army's defences in Crimea and film them. Their first flight ends in a crash, and the odd couple must keep going together.
Funny and tragic at once, the film shows the Civil War from both sides. Vladimir Vysotsky, the great singer-poet, gives a powerful performance as a White officer.
Did you know?
- The script is by Yuli Dunsky and Valery Frid, who later co-wrote Air Crew.
- Vladimir Vysotsky plays the White Army lieutenant Brusentsov.
- Oleg Yankovsky and his brother Rostislav both appear in the film.
